WDTE ETF — Defiance S&P 500 Weekly Distribution ETF

Defiance S&P 500 Weekly Distribution ETF (WDTE)

Updated October 16, 2026.

WDTE is an ETF that tracks the S&P 500. its distribution rate is 30.64%, its trailing-12-month yield is 32.83%, its expense ratio is 1.03%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 14/100 (High risk). Total return is 50.0% over the past 3.1 years, 28.8 points behind SPY at 78.8%.

WDTE performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 50.0% over the past 3.1 years, 28.8 points behind SPY at 78.8%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 16.5%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 7.6%.

WDTE key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

14 · High risk

Safety-Adjusted Yield

4.29%

Issuer

Defiance ETFs

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

09/18/2023

Expense ratio

1.03%

Distribution rate

30.64%

Distribution frequency

Weekly

Trailing yield

32.83%

Last close

$28.34 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$71,975,558

Average volume

34514.0

Dividend

$0.167

Latest 19(a) ROC estimate

100.00%

Ex-dividend date

10/15/2026

Payment date

10/16/2026

Beta

-4.34

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (30.64%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (32.83%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Defiance ETFs or company page; Index: S&P 500; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

WDTE risks and drawbacks

Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 7.6%.

Who may consider WDTE — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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